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Thu, Apr 6, 2017·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Vancouver Canucks 3, Arizona Coyotes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 53% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN11005214329
ARI1731005422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 6:00ARILuke SchennAssists: Brendan Perlini, Christian Dvorak · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:51VANNikolay GoldobinAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:55ARIRadim VrbataAssists: Jakob Chychrun, Tony DeAngelo · Wrist, 0.33 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:40ARIAlexander BurmistrovPPAssists: Alex Goligoski, Max Domi · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:11ARIRadim VrbataPPGWGAssists: Max Domi · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:47VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Henrik Sedin, Brandon Sutter · Wrist, 0.37 xG2–4
  7. P3 12:40VANDaniel SedinAssists: Henrik Sedin · Slap, 0.04 xG3–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 1:03ARILuke Schenn: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 5:59ARIKevin Connauton: Interference2 min
  3. P2 6:34VANBrandon Sutter: Holding2 min
  4. P2 9:33VANMichael Chaput: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:37VANNikita Tryamkin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 1:02VANSven Baertschi: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 1:02ARIKevin Connauton: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 1:02ARIJordan Martinook: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 1:02ARIKevin Connauton: Misconduct10 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
44% to win56% to win
← VAN attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANARI
29Shots on goal22
2.2Expected goals2.3
57Shot attempts39
32Faceoffs won23
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes18
13Hits14
8Blocked shots15
3Giveaways5
6Takeaways8

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSutter – Chaput – Boucher7:28

    xG 0.18–0.06 (76%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Shore – Megna – Molino5:32

    xG 0.15–0.16 (48%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Baertschi – Horvat – Boeser9:00

    xG 0.21–0.31 (40%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Goldobin11:13

    xG 0.29–0.40 (42%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev8:46

    xG 0.39–0.27 (60%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Stecher8:59

    xG 0.41–0.36 (53%)attempts 12–4goals 1–1

  3. Sbisa – Stecher6:38

    xG 0.13–0.12 (51%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Perlini – Dvorak11:29

    xG 0.48–0.12 (80%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Burmistrov – Duclair – Domi10:32

    xG 0.24–0.10 (71%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Vrbata – McGinn – Jooris9:24

    xG 0.34–0.37 (48%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

  4. Rieder – Martinook – Crouse8:58

    xG 0.10–0.24 (29%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Murphy17:34

    xG 0.48–0.41 (54%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  2. Schenn – Connauton11:59

    xG 0.45–0.39 (54%)attempts 10–17goals 1–0

  3. DeAngelo – Chychrun11:39

    xG 0.37–0.31 (54%)attempts 4–10goals 1–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

ARI 2.3 xGVAN 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ARI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ARI is favoured, below it VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 69/100 · #340 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 53% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

Simulated goal difference (ARI − VAN), 10,000 replays

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).